PEOPLE, PLACES, POV – Aspen Summer Words Virtual Panel
How do you create characters who are compelling and believable? How do you produce settings that have a life of their own? How do you figure out what voice and vantage point works best to tell your story? We’ll dive into these topics and other fundamentals of great writing.
Moderator:
Petra Mayer, editor, NPR Books
Panelists:
Steve Almond, author of 10 books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times best-sellers “Candyfreak” and “Against Football.”
Christopher Castellani, author of four critically acclaimed novels and a collection of essays on point of view in fiction, “The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story”
Lan Samantha Chang, novelist, professor of English and director of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Yolanda Wisher, former poet laureate of Philadelphia and author of the poetry collection “Monk Easts an Afro”
ZOOM | 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mountain Time / 7:30-8:30 p.m. Eastern Time
IMPORTANT DETAILS
- All panels will take place on Zoom Webinar and participants will be provided a link in an email confirmation upon completing registration for each panel. There is a unique link and password for each panel.
- Workshop students do need to register for each panel to receive the proper Zoom link.
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